Sunday afternoon: Lab Tours at Imperial College London

Lab tours will take place between 14:00 and 18:00 on Sunday 14th July and between 12:25 and 20:00 on Wednesday 17th July. Tours will take place in the Blackett Laboratory, where you will find an information desk set up in the Blackett level 2 foyer.

Open-door lab tours include:

  • Rb atom interferometry
  • Sr atom interferometry
  • Ultracold molecules
  • Electron electric dipole moment search
  • Ion and electron trapping

Sign-up sheets for the ultrafast physics lab will be available at the main registration desk.

Sunday evening: Welcome Reception at the Victoria & Albert Museum

Join us for an informal drinks reception to meet old and new colleagues in the beautiful garden of the V&A museum.

Please use the main entrance on Cromwell Road.

Drinks, canapes, and entertainment will be available throughout the night. You can join us at any time from 6:45 pm until 9 pm. A pre-booked ticket is required. Please click here for more information.

Monday evening: Public lecture by Simon Singh
From Theorems to Serums, From Quantum Cryptology to Curious Cosmology … and The Simpsons

You must have a ticket to attend this event. Book your ticket here.
Join Simon Singh, on a whistle-stop tour through two decades of his bestselling books. Fermat’s Last Theorem looks at one of the biggest mathematical puzzles of the millennium; The Code Book shares the secrets of cryptology; Big Bang explores the history of cosmology; Trick or Treatment asks some hard questions about alternative medicine; The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets explains how TV writers, throughout the cartoon’s 25-year history, have smuggled in mathematical jokes. Simon will also talk about his current efforts to increase the number and diversity of excellent mathematicians and physicists.
The lecture will be chaired by Sarah Hart, Professor of Geometry at Gresham College

Tuesday evening: Piano Concert by Alexei Grynyuk

You must have a ticket to attend this event. Book your ticket here. Only use this option if you did not book a ticket while registering for the conference.

Programme

  • Beethoven 32 variations in C minor (WoO 80)
  • Schubert sonata No 21 in B flat (D960).

Wednesday afternoon: Excursions

Thursday evening: Dinner at the Natural History Museum

The dinner is celebrating the street food of London. It is an informal reception with plenty of food, drink and entertainment available throughout the night.

Please use the main entrance on Cromwell Road.

There is no dress code and you can join at any time from 7 pm until 10:30 pm. A pre-booked ticket is required. Please click here for more information.

Friday afternoon: National Physical Laboratory (NPL) Lab Tours

You will need to make your own travel arrangement to get to NPL. However, NPL staff members, in attendance at the conference, will be there to provide guidance on the day, and can assist with travel as a group at the close of the conference (12:30).

Further announcements will be made during the conference and/or please contact icap2024@imperial.ac.uk for more information.

Lunch will be provided at NPL starting o/a 14:00.

Tours will start at 14:30.

For safety, closed toe shoes will be required at the NPL lab tours.